.TH "KUBERNETES" "1" " kubernetes User Manuals" "Eric Paris" "Jan 2015"  ""


.SH NAME
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kubectl exec \- Execute a command in a container.


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBkubectl exec\fP [OPTIONS]


.SH DESCRIPTION
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Execute a command in a container.


.SH OPTIONS
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\fB\-c\fP, \fB\-\-container\fP=""
    Container name. If omitted, the first container in the pod will be chosen

.PP
\fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-pod\fP=""
    Pod name

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\fB\-i\fP, \fB\-\-stdin\fP=false
    Pass stdin to the container

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\fB\-t\fP, \fB\-\-tty\fP=false
    Stdin is a TTY


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
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\fB\-\-alsologtostderr\fP=false
    log to standard error as well as files

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\fB\-\-api\-version\fP=""
    DEPRECATED: The API version to use when talking to the server

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\fB\-\-as\fP=""
    Username to impersonate for the operation.

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\fB\-\-certificate\-authority\fP=""
    Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.

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\fB\-\-client\-certificate\fP=""
    Path to a client certificate file for TLS.

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\fB\-\-client\-key\fP=""
    Path to a client key file for TLS.

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\fB\-\-cluster\fP=""
    The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use

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\fB\-\-context\fP=""
    The name of the kubeconfig context to use

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\fB\-\-insecure\-skip\-tls\-verify\fP=false
    If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.

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\fB\-\-kubeconfig\fP=""
    Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.

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\fB\-\-log\-backtrace\-at\fP=:0
    when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace

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\fB\-\-log\-dir\fP=""
    If non\-empty, write log files in this directory

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\fB\-\-log\-flush\-frequency\fP=5s
    Maximum number of seconds between log flushes

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\fB\-\-logtostderr\fP=true
    log to standard error instead of files

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\fB\-\-match\-server\-version\fP=false
    Require server version to match client version

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\fB\-\-namespace\fP=""
    If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.

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\fB\-\-password\fP=""
    Password for basic authentication to the API server.

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\fB\-s\fP, \fB\-\-server\fP=""
    The address and port of the Kubernetes API server

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\fB\-\-stderrthreshold\fP=2
    logs at or above this threshold go to stderr

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\fB\-\-token\fP=""
    Bearer token for authentication to the API server.

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\fB\-\-user\fP=""
    The name of the kubeconfig user to use

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\fB\-\-username\fP=""
    Username for basic authentication to the API server.

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\fB\-\-v\fP=0
    log level for V logs

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\fB\-\-vmodule\fP=
    comma\-separated list of pattern=N settings for file\-filtered logging


.SH EXAMPLE
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.RS

.nf
# Get output from running 'date' from pod 123456\-7890, using the first container by default
kubectl exec 123456\-7890 date
	
# Get output from running 'date' in ruby\-container from pod 123456\-7890
kubectl exec 123456\-7890 \-c ruby\-container date

# Switch to raw terminal mode, sends stdin to 'bash' in ruby\-container from pod 123456\-7890
# and sends stdout/stderr from 'bash' back to the client
kubectl exec 123456\-7890 \-c ruby\-container \-i \-t \-\- bash \-il

.fi
.RE


.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fBkubectl(1)\fP,


.SH HISTORY
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January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have been automatically generated since!
